Modern cancer pain management

Monday 30 September 2024, 9am to 5pm BST

What to expect

Intended audience

GPs, community palliative care services, community pharmacists.

Prices

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Cancer pain management for community teams - Monday 30 September 2024

Time Session
9.15 Registration
9.30 Welcome
9.40 How is Cancer care changing and how to provide care consistent with stage of disease?
Dr Richard Berman, Consultant supportive care and palliative medicine, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10.00 Some interesting cases/patient stories: Why cancer pain management needs a re-think?
Karen Anthony, Palliative care nurse, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Sarah Beckett, Clinical nurse specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Liz Elliot, Clinical cytogeneticist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10.20 Use of opioids in cancer pain (including hyperalgesia, narcotic bowel syndrome, long-term effects of opioids)
Dr Ash Ahamed, Consultant supportive care and palliative medicine, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

11.00 - break

Time Session
11.15 The return of diamorphine?
Carole Mula, Palliative care nurse specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
11.35 NSAIDs and COX-II Inhibitors (Including risks/concurrent prescribing/what to look out for/guidelines)
Jo Collins, Lead supportive and oncology pharmacist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
11.55 Neuropathic agents (when to use, which to use, what to look out for)
Ollie Williams, Specialist clinical pharmacist, IP supportive care and onoclogy (colorectal), The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

12.35 - lunch

Time Session
13.15 Cancer breakthrough pain (which to use, what dose, what to look out for)
Mark Warren , Operational lead and Macmillan clinical nurse specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Jason Simons, Supportive care clinical nurse specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
13.35 Managing cancer pain in renal or hepatic impairment (which to use, what dose, what to look out for)
Emma Moohan, Supportive care pharmacist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
13.55 A new approach to cancer pain management
Dr Emma Kellet, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust

14.35 - break

Time Session
14.50 Non-pharmacological approaches
Nic Chesman, Macmillan senior physiotherapist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15.10 Low-dose opioid therapy in the inpatient palliative care setting, including for end-of-life care
Dr Victoria Hedges, Consultant in palliative medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
15.30 Questions and answers

16.00 - close

Last updated: October 2024